NHER 8441 (Monument record) - Post medieval brick kiln
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG31NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LUDHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1959. Brick kiln, probably 18th century, revealed by ploughing. 3.2m (10 feet 6 inches) wide with chamber 5.5m (18 feet) long and flue tunnel at least 3.3m (11 feet) long (south end not found). Brick built, fifteen transverse piers of bricks. 24cm by 11.5cm by 5cm (9 1/2 inches by 4 1/2 inches by 2 inches) thick, 25.4cm (10 inches) wide and about 11.5cm (4 1/2 inches) appart. At base of each pier and in centre was an arch containing the flue tunnel and in each space between piers were three septa of brick acting as vanes for hot air.
Revealed again by pipe trench 1966. (S1).
E. Rose (NAU).
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF89829 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Ludham.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 31 NE 11.
- --- SNF87124 Serial: 1959. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1959. No. 6. p 4.
- <S1> SNF2709 Article in Serial: 1981. A Survey of Ludham. Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeological Society. Vol III No 1 pp 34-51. p 40.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 11 2026 12:50PM